This past weekend saw Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/9A cricketers take the field at home against their Woodridge College & Preparatory School counterparts in their very last fixture of the year.
In the 20-over match on Friday afternoon, Union won the toss and opted to bowl first, restricting the opposition to 48-9.
Key performances came from Trenn Naude (3-0), Mark Copeman (2-3), Owam Kotshini (2-6), and wickets for Andrew McEwan and Callan Strydom.
๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฏ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ต-๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐ต.
๐ In the 30-over match on Saturday, Union won the toss and chose to bowl, dismissing their opponents for 74 runs in 20.4 overs.
Trenn Naude took 4-9, with Callan Strydom (2-18) and Richter de Wet (2-17) also shining.
During the chase, Union struggled with wickets falling steadily. ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ, ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ฑ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐.
